Assessing resistance to head blight in wheat cultivars inoculated with different Fusarium isolates

• Published in: Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 2008-01, Vol.44 (2), p.43-59
• Main Authors: Sip, V.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic), Chrpova, J.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic), Sykorova, S.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: aggressiveness; BLE; BLIGHT; Contamination; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Cultivars; CULTIVOS DE INVIERNO; CULTURE D'HIVER; DAMAGE; DANOS; DEGAT; Deoxynivalenol; DEPERISSEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; Divergence; ENFERMEDADES DE LAS PLANTAS; ENSAYO; Environmental conditions; fhb traits; Fusarium; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; fusarium graminearum; Fusarium head blight; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; Grain; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2328; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24917; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_26768; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33719; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_34143; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_35494; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_36510; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5962; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7566; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7683; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7951; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8157; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8373; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_957; Inoculum; inoculum sources; MALADIE DES PLANTES; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; PESO DE LAS SEMILLAS; PLANT DISEASES; POIDS DES SEMENCES; RESISTANCE AUX MALADIES; resistance tests; RESISTENCIA A LA ENFERMEDAD; SEED WEIGHT; SINTOMAS; Species; Statistical analysis; SYMPTOME; SYMPTOMS; TESTAGE; TESTING; TIZON; TRIGO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; Variance analysis; VARIEDADES; VARIETE; VARIETIES; Virulence; VOMITOXIN; VOMITOXINA; VOMITOXINE; Weather; Weight; Wheat; WHEATS; WINTER CROPS; Winter wheat
• ISSN: 1212-1975; 1212-1975; 1805-9325
• DOI: 10.17221/19/2008-cjgpb

Four winter wheat cultivars, differing in resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB), were spray inoculated under field conditions for three years with 18 isolates of two Fusarium species (F. graminearum and F. culmorum) obtained from different regions of the Czech Republic. Deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination, FHB severity (VSS), Fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and reductions of thousand grain weight and grain weight per spike were measured to describe the aggressiveness level of isolates. Highly significant correlations were found between these traits, but correlation coefficients ranged from 0.45 to 0.99. Analyses of variance showed significant effects of year, cultivar, isolate and Fusarium species on all traits. Experimental year accounted for the highest proportion of variation (37-59%). Two-way and three-way interactions between the main factors were also statistically significant. FDK appeared to be less affected by the disease level than the content of DON, which strongly reflected environmental conditions, cultivar resistance and pathogenicity. The highest number of significant differences between the cultivars was reached after selection of isolates, the application of which resulted in pronounced cultivar effects (lower interaction with years) and which showed high correspondence with the average reaction of cultivars in different years. Divergence in sensitivity to the environment could be another criterion for selecting sources of inoculum.